Thatcher governments 1979-87

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  • Thatcher Governments 1979-87
    • Character and Ideology
      • Conviction politician
      • Middle class, self-reliance
      • Not traditional background
      • Influenced by 'New Right' think tanks
      • Hayeck
      • Focus on society, order and family
    • Ministers
      • Wets, Whitelaw
      • Dries, Howe, Lawson
      • Wets marginalized by 1983
      • Still experienced opposition, Westland
    • Divided opposition and SDP
      • Internal divisions, with Foot leadership
      • SDP 1981
      • 'Gang of 4'
      • Liberals, broke away from Labour left
      • Labour voting demographic changed
      • 1983 Kinnock helped bring Labour back, took on 'Militant Tendency'
    • Conservative electoral success
      • 1983 'Falklands Factor'
      • Patriotism
      • Galvanized Thatcher to dominate party
      • Labour not credible, poor manifesto, splintered opposition
      • 1987, strong defense, lower taxes, press backing
      • Kinnock brought Labour back to moderate socialism
      • Alliance lost momentum SDP had no purpose, merged
    • NI troubles
      • Thatcher unionist
      • Bobby Sands hunger strikes, special status prison
      • Thatcher hated by Republicans
      • Sinn Fein more focused on political seats
      • 1984 Brighton bomb
      • Secret neogtiations
      • Hillsborough agreement, Ireland say in Northern Government, Unionist unhappy, Ulster Resistabnce

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